Paul Blart, Mall Cop

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Friday, January 30th, 2009 @ 12:01PM

One hour and 27 minutes.

Okay, I went to see it just to convince myself that the critics were wrong.  Most of them said that this was a flat, dull movie.  I was hoping they would be wrong; hoping that this would be a gem dismissed by snooty movie critics who tend to give short shrift to most horror movies and to movies like Paul Blart Mall Cop.  It’s like the film intelligentsia look down their noses at cheesy horror films that turn out to be pretty scary or, at the very least, amusing in a gross way.  They seem to invert their thumbs to low brow comedy as well.  When the 3 Stooges were around did anyone ever speak or write highly of them?  Not often, I think.  And yet the Stooges were wildly popular in their day.

Well, the critics were right about Paul Blart.  I think it could have been a better movie had it been more stooge-like.  Kevin James, as Blart, is very likeable and the scenes which establish him as a sensitive boob are good.  But there needed to be more knock down and drag out slapstick comedy in the script.  There is some, but those scenes needed to be jammed together as the movie rolls along.  Instead we get;  Gag.  Set up, set up, set up. Gag. Set up, set up, set up, etc. And this makes the film flat, slow, and dull. 

I understand they’ve already got a sequel to Blart underway because of the great success of this one.  Perhaps this time they’ll make a funny comedy out of it.

Thanks for listening,
Bill

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The Goonies

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 @ 3:02PM

Because so many of you love this stupid movie.....

...I’m posting this link:  http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/galleries/the_goonies_where_are_they_now/the_goonies_where_are_they_now.html  This should give you all of the Goonies info you will ever need.

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Bill

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FOOD PORN

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Monday, January 26th, 2009 @ 12:34PM

Just look at this grilled cheese sandwich!

I’m on a very restrictive diet right now.  I’ll tell you more about it in the days to come but right now let me just tell you how desperately I am to have some variety of good food.  I’m not hungry; that’s a good thing.  The bad thing is I miss the taste of good food.  And so, like a man deprived of sec for too long, I’ve turned to porn…food porn. 

Both of these photos are from Saveur magazine.  They’re from the current issue titled The Saveur 100.  Because I want tasty good food so much, I’m buying magazines to look at food pictures.  Look at this stuffed flank steak called “matambre.”    I want to make this and then eat it now.  I’m reading recipes and planning for the food I’ll eat when this diet is done. 

Will I keep the weight off with that attitude?  I think I can, but time will tell.  Right now, someone needs to email me a photo of a juicy hamburger and a huge plate of fries.

Thanks for listening,
Bill

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A Movie!

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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 @ 3:56PM

That's my boy!

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I took this short video of Little Bill a couple of days ago.  I’m not sure what he was doing, or why.

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Bill

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OOOOPS!  Raw Meat for Wackos.

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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 @ 12:26PM

This guy screwed it up.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts screwed up the swearing in of Barak Obama as our new President.  He got some of the words out of order and slightly marred an amazing moment.  There are some loony nut jobs out there who are actually saying that Roberts, a Bush appointee, altered the wording of the oath on purpose!  At worst they think that Robert’s mistake means that Obama isn’t really the President.  At least, they think that Roberts flubbed just to give a final “one finger victory salute” from the Bush folks to the incoming Obama folks. 

Well, all of that is nonsense of course.  Obama is President and would have been so even if the oath had never even been given.  Apparently the oath of office is just a ceremonial formality.  Barak Obama became President at noon yesterday, automatically.  The oath is really just for show.  And finally, the idea of the oath being messed up to give the incoming democrats one last rude gesture from the republicans, well,....that could be true.

It makes me tense and angry to think about the crazy people out there who theorize these kinds of things.  Why don’t we all just relax and look at this picture of Gina Torres.  I got to meet her at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday.  She’s in a movie called “Don’t Let Me Drown.”  She’s more gorgeous in person and extremely nice.  It was a highlight of the film festival for me.

Thanks for listening,
Bill

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